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klober23 · Guest

What is the most powerful engine I could easly put in a 1981 924 Turbo?

dwak · Guest

Klober23,
A 1981 924 Turbo engine! The operative word being 'easy'.
dwak

jamez · Guest

well it wouldn't be too hard to bolt a solid fuel rocket to the top of the car, that would probably be the most powerfull

dwak · Guest

Jamez,
That's really stupid because all that thrust placed high on the roof would create a coupling effect and turn the car into a vertual 'pinwheel'.

D Hook · Guest

Yeah, everyone knows that whenever you mount a JATO you have to keep it even to the axis of the center of the wheels. This does make the vehicle a bit wider though and that's why you just don't see as many JATO's as you used to. Cars used to be much smaller, ya know.

dwak · Guest

I guess you could say that's no small PAJATO's.
Sorry about that but yesterday I was snow on till my beard froze and today I was rained on till my boots were full. Why did I ever give up my civil engineering job?
dwak
PS What's this topic doing in this sector anyway?

[ This Message was edited by: dwak on 2002-02-02 02:49 ]

jamez · Guest

geez how could i have been so careless? I will have to redo all my plans and drawings now....

Paul T. · Guest

You know, there are some great websites out there that tell you how to build your own jet engine, perhaps that would be a good alternative to the good old piston engine. Just think, a jet engine with about a 1000 pounds of thrust mounted in the rear of a 924, what a kick in the ass!

bacook · Guest

I think we already covered this one months ago.
http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?topic=5&forum=2&8

jamez · Guest

it is fairly easy to make a simple turbo-Jet engine using a turbo charger. all you need to do is build a combustion chamber. of course they aren't very effecient since an automotive turbo wasn't designed to be used at a jet engine, you would probably need a huge one to make enough thrust to be used on a car... i used to be into RC airplanes and I had an airplane with a pulse jet mounted on it. they make an amazing amount of thrust for their size, also an amazing amount of noise and waste a ton of fuel.. I also had a miniature turbine engine, 15 lbs of thrust, very cool but expensive...